The moment he actualy leaves Rome, he would be declared unroman and someone else declares himself emperor. If Caligula has any support in the east, it means civil war. If he doesn't, he will get executed.As the title says, what have happened in Caligula succeeded in moving the capital of the Roman Empire to Alexandria?
What if he forces the senators to move along with him?The moment he actualy leaves Rome, he would be declared unroman and someone else declares himself emperor. If Caligula has any support in the east, it means civil war. If he doesn't, he will get executed.
What if he forces the senators to move along with him?
Seeing how Caligula is completely nuts,what if he suddenly declares changing the capital to Alexandria and forcing the senators to move there with him on the same day?By the time the messages the senators sent reached any major commander,they'd be long gone in Alexandria.Same fortune as Nero.
This is too much! The senate would finally pick a loyal legate of a province army, declare caligula enemy of SPQR, and this is Caligulas end.
The senators are fleeing north, and e.g. Aulus Plautius is marching with some illyrian legions south. End of story. Probably no civil war, because the commander of the syrian army is Plautius father-in-law. The moesian army would do nothing, because it is rather small, the commander is very old, and sitting between the pannonian and syrian army. And the rhine-army does not like Caligula that much, after his weird manoeuvres at the channel.
And remember, Caligula was murdered by a praetorian tribune. So they would probably not support him, if legions are marching.
He almost certainly never intended to do that. The thing is with these stories of Caligula, you have to take them with an extremely small grain of salt.As the title says, what have happened in Caligula succeeded in moving the capital of the Roman Empire to Alexandria?
He wasn't.Seeing how Caligula is completely nuts,
He wasn't.
This very much. I don't see Caligula as insane, but rather I see him as making a calculating power play-he didn't want to play by the senate's rules and essentially looked to marginalize them. And not surprisingly, the Senators hated him for it, just as much as he hated them.Caligula is very aware, of the power of the senate. Why do you think, he hated these aristocrats that much?